The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-19

State Superintendent of Public l~nstruc-
ton Chapman, complains of the lack of
suitable accommodations for school child
rem. The law provides that a certain
amount Of money shall be appropriated to
each city TO pay teachers salaries and for
fuel, but on condition that suitable accom-
modations be furnished by the cities for
the school children. There is not, he says,
a city in the state which provides such
accommodation as the law demands.
Jersey City, which has increased in school
population from five to six thousand in
the last five years, has not erected q single
additional school building during that
period. This is the condition of things
all over the state, and is a disgrace which
the people should wipe out at once"
From very careful estimates which he
had made, it was shown that in the state
there were last year S,2S7 children
between the ages of seven and twelve
years who attend no school, and "a, 700
who attend schools less han twenty
weeks in the year.
The newly amended scientific temper
ance instruction law in Michigan takes
effect September 9th. 1t provides that in
struction shall be given in physiology and
hygiene, with special reference tonarcotics
and their effects upon the human system.
The instruction shall be given by textbooks
where the pupil is able to read, and as
thoroughly as any other studies pursued in
the school. The proportion of space that
books must give to the subject is stated.
The books must first be approved by the
State Board of Education, and the school
boards are subject to fine or forfeiture for
falling to comply with the provisions of the
act. This act applies to all schools in the
state, including schools in cities and viii
lagos, whether Incorporated under special
charter or under the general law.
The Signal Service Bureau has decided
to display signals with a view to distin-
guish between light and severe storms.
Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on
the Great Lakes, after September 1st, a
yellow flag with a white center will indi-
cate that the winds expected are not SO Sc
we're, but that well-fOund and seaworthy
vessels can meet them without great dan
ger. 4 red flag with a black center, now
in use, will indicate that the storm is ex-
pected to be Of more marked violence. In
view of the difficulty of varying night sig
nails, they will not distinctivcly show the
force, but indicate the wind direction only;
a red light for easterly winds, and a red
and white light for westerly winds.
A Jersey COW that gave 1904 pounds of
milk in twelve months is the pride of G..
W. Farlee's we'll stocked dairy above Tren-
ton. The cow referred to is known as
Gaelic III, 1855, 4. j. c. C. The butter
made from the 1904 pounds of milk
weighed Isl pounds 6 ounces. Through
out the entire test, except for six weeks,
she was in calf. Her three-year-old daugh-
ter has given G34 pounds 3 ounces of butter
in forty-seven weeks.
The recent sharp advance in freight
rates ON the railroads resulted in the build
ing OF a steam tug by Wills e Stokes, Of
Mount Holly, which was put in service
Monday for the transportation of freight
to and from Philadelphia and the Rancocas
river, which is nayigable as far as Mount
Holly.